“Are you giving me your permission?”
“What do you mean, permission. I told you that love is fine if those involved like each other.”
“Thank you very much. Hyung-nim!”
“Ah, but you know…”
Jung Il Hoon spoke genially, “Come to the dojo starting from tomorrow.”
“What?”
“If you're a man, you should pay a little attention to your muscle fitness too. Do you think a flaccid body will do.”
“It's not flaccid…”
It was a body trained with basketball, soccer, swimming and all sorts of sports.
Jung Il Hoon shouted sharply, “It's weak! With that level of fitness, could you win against about 3,000 thugs if they lunged at you while in the middle of a date?”
“3… 3,000 of them?”
“No matter the situation, you have to be able to protect your girlfriend. Even if a war broke out, a drought struck, a flood happened, earthquake, even if a tsunami were to rise, you have to save your girlfriend. Are you prepared for that much?”
“N-not yet.”
“I shall raise that kind of strength and courage in you. It's too bad all I can do for you is this kind of small help.”
“Thank you very much.”
“If if they find out the truth that you like Hye Yeon, then even the students will diligently come to help you like it's their own business. You'll have no lack of sparring opponents, so come early at dawn. That way, you can receive the teachings from at least one more person.”
Sparring with the instructors and their 500 trainees!
Choi Ji Hoon's face drained of color.
He thought he might understand the meaning of what it was to come to the dojo.
“Surely your feelings of liking Hye Yeon isn't fake, right?”
“It's real.”
“It's fine if you want to run away. You can run away. That means you don't have to come out to the dojo.”
“Really?”
“Yeah. Since we can just go catch you.”
“…”
Chapter 5: The Pure-White Beauty
Kramado Dungeon.
Intermediate monsters called Kramanoims appeared on the 1st and 2nd floors.
That alone was enough to call it more than a beginner dungeon; a veteran's hunting ground. However, dangerous traps and even monsters in the late 300s came out from the 3rd floor onwards.
They wouldn't have met the Elfin Queen Spider if they'd taken a normal path, but it was still an asphyxiatingly dangerous dungeon.
If it was just up to Hegel and the others, they would choose the path that would take them back out!
“Huff huff.”
“Please slow down a little!”
However, they were now advancing even deeper into the dungeon.
Granted, the way in front of them was perfectly cleaned out by Weed. It was destruction that didn't leave even 1 tiny baby spider alive. As for the monsters, they couldn't even sightsee them, and the traps were completely destroyed.
That was because Weed had given Nide a separate task.
“Nide.”
“Yes. Hyung!”
“As you go forward, dismantle the traps.”
“What about the fighting?”
“I'll take care of it. Just keep moving on ahead and dismantle the traps. Leave all the monsters alone.”
“Yes, hyung. Please leave it to me.”
For Nide, a Thief who explored dungeons and labyrinths as a profession, something like dismantling a trap was child's play!
He had also experienced a near-death crisis with the Elfin Spider Queen, however it was merely because Thieves had characteristically low attack power. If he had created an opportunity for an ambush after hiding his body behind pillars of obstacles to fight, he wouldn't have been able to win, he wouldn't have lost either. Even when the boulder was chasing them, if not for his teammates, he could have somehow squeezed himself into a small crack in the wall and escaped, though there would've been no reason for him to get caught in the trap in the first place.
The Thief, Nide, was entrusted with a task appropriate for his specialties, and worked to disable or destroy the traps as he passed by.
Weed was assigned to the remaining monsters.
— Weed-hyung, there are a considerable number of level 300 Morron Chasers ahead.
Nide also performed the task of scouting.
— How many are there?
— There are around 65 of them. With this many of them, it's going to be immensely dangerous…
— 3 minutes.
— What?
— I'll finish up within 3 minutes, so find me another monster mob.
— I understand.
Short and sweet!
When he was whispering someone, he made it short and straight to the point, however the time he was in battled was far more briefer than that.
Run up, fight, hunt and kill, collect the japtem!
There was nothing more frustrating than grilling and eating meat at a restaurant than having the meat suddenly stop coming in the middle of it. For Weed, the most stressful problem was running out of monsters while fighting.
[This refers to Korean BBQ places where you grill your own meat, there's nothing more annoying than running out of meat.]
In other battlefields, monsters didn't come out like they did in this dungeon. Since he didn't have to fight sparingly, it was something to be welcomed!
A week hadn't passed since the dungeon discovery, so double the item drop rate and experience were applied. The first discoverers got to obtain discovery fame and the very best items from the monsters, but as long as you came in within a week, the experience and item drop rate applied to everyone.
You could say that it was the gift the monsters that had grown with warm and full bellies inside the dungeon gave to outsiders.
“65 of them…”
Weed could take on that many Kramanoims easily. With that many it would take a significant amount of time to dispose of all of them.
“Summon Dirtman, Fiery Pebble!”
Weed summoned the Spirits he'd personally created.
Since he had max intimacy with them, as long as his Mana held out, there was no limit to what the Spirits could do. It was a privilege only the Spirits' creator could have!
The Dirtmen were mostly low-class Spirits, and many of the Fiery Pebble Spirits came as intermediate Spirits.
A part of the ceiling collapsed and the dungeon became a sea of fire.
Chaos!
The Dirtmen rode on the Morron Chasers' backs.
“Get off!”
Although the Morron Chasers swung their spears, the Dirtmen didn't budge. That was because the Spirits of earth had nearly infinite Health. They squashed the Morron Chasers with their weight and slowed them.
The Fiery Pebbles went into the Morron Chasers' mouths. Searing flames spewed out every time they opened their mouths!
Every time Weed ran in, only the flames were left behind. He cut down the flame-engulfed Morron Chasers without using any skills and just his basic swordplay. That was because he needed to pool his Mana and use it for calling Spirits in this large-scale battle.
Dwarves had faster regeneration than humans, so thanks to their quick regeneration he could fight with basic swordplay and occasionally use Sculpting Blade.
When he was finishing the Morron Chaser group, Hegel, Selsia, Rumi, Bella, and Twitter ran into the nearby vicinity. The distance between them and Weed had shortened although they ran without stopping.
Thanks to being in the same party as Weed, they also received experience.
— Your level has risen.
— For being together with the party member who slayed a Morron Chaser with one blow, your Fame has risen by 1.
— Your level has risen.
— Your level has risen.
A low grade boss monster, Morron General, has been massacred by your group.